MAL-2026-6934

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Import Source
https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/load-nuxt/MAL-2026-6934.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MAL-2026-6934
Aliases
  • GHSA-qqp7-wmv2-mp34
Published
2026-07-07T15:34:03Z
Modified
2026-07-08T17:16:47.554790227Z
Summary
Malicious code in load-nuxt (npm)
Details

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Source: amazon-inspector (d5e95bb337136d6bfafcd6f21bb8cb1d98da703f7e20b851b3af82876018ffac)

Package name resembles the Nuxt ecosystem's helper naming ('load-nuxt') and is published at version 99.0.3, a version-number shape frequently used in name-confusion/dependency-confusion publishes rather than in normal semver progression. No install-time exfiltration, remote code fetch-and-execute, silent-relay, credential distribution, or backdoor mechanism was identified in the scanned contents, and no lifecycle scripts or suspicious network destinations were observed. Because both the name-similarity signal (subjective) and the anomalous version bump exist without a corroborated payload, the correct handling is human review of the maintainer, publish history, and package contents before recommending trust.

Source: ghsa-malware (51e475d9543882ebee30bfa4afcd420b0f31aa8fba019b419eefa59c1fa9bcdf)

Any computer that has this package installed or running should be considered fully compromised. All secrets and keys stored on that computer should be rotated immediately from a different computer. The package should be removed, but as full control of the computer may have been given to an outside entity, there is no guarantee that removing the package will remove all malicious software resulting from installing it.

Database specific 
{
    "malicious-packages-origins": [
        {
            "ranges": [
                {
                    "events": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "0"
                        }
                    ],
                    "type": "SEMVER"
                }
            ],
            "id": "GHSA-qqp7-wmv2-mp34",
            "source": "ghsa-malware",
            "import_time": "2026-07-07T16:09:37.883899898Z",
            "sha256": "51e475d9543882ebee30bfa4afcd420b0f31aa8fba019b419eefa59c1fa9bcdf",
            "modified_time": "2026-07-07T15:34:09Z"
        },
        {
            "sha256": "d5e95bb337136d6bfafcd6f21bb8cb1d98da703f7e20b851b3af82876018ffac",
            "id": "IN-MAL-2026-008087",
            "source": "amazon-inspector",
            "import_time": "2026-07-08T17:01:29.419727257Z",
            "modified_time": "2026-07-08T16:22:56Z",
            "versions": [
                "99.0.3"
            ]
        }
    ]
}
References
Credits

Affected packages

npm / load-nuxt

Package

Name
load-nuxt
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Purl
pkg:npm/load-nuxt

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

99.*
99.0.3

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/ossf/malicious-packages/blob/main/osv/malicious/npm/load-nuxt/MAL-2026-6934.json"
cwes 
[
    {
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    },
    {
        "description": "The product contains code that appears to be malicious in nature.",
        "cweId": "CWE-506",
        "name": "Embedded Malicious Code"
    }
]